White House Targets Insurers on Mental Health Law ‘Evasion’ (2)

The Biden administration plans to make it easier for people to get in-network mental health care by getting tougher on health insurers.

A proposed rule would clarify the obligations of insurance plans to provide mental health benefits comparable to other medical benefits. It was issued Tuesday by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the IRS.

The proposed rule (RINS: 1210-AC11, 1545-BQ29, 0938-AU93) would update rules issued in 2014 implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343) to take into account experience with the law since then, as well as amendments to ...